Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus (Clastrier, Rioux & Descous)

Dominiak, Patrycja, Alwin, Alicja & Giłka, Wojciech, 2014, New records of predaceous midges from the Middle East, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 3753 (2), pp. 133-145 : 134

Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus (Clastrier, Rioux & Descous)

Ceratopogon (Brachypogon) aethiopicum Clastrier, Rioux & Descous, 1961: 87 ( Chad) ; Clastrier & Wirth 1961: 223 ( Ethiopia).

Isohelea aethiopica : de Meillon & Downes 1986: 156 ( South Africa).

Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicum: Wirth & Grogan 1988: 30 (catalogue); Grogan & de Meillon 1993: 406 ( Zimbabwe).

Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopica: Borkent & Wirth 1997: 93 (catalogue); Boorman & van Harten 2002: 452 ( Yemen).

Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus: Borkent 2013: 115 (catalogue).

Material examined. ISRAEL, Herzliyya, beach, 27.VIII.2007, 5 males, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU).

Distribution. Brachypogon aethiopicus was previously known only from the Afrotropical region in Chad, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Ethiopia and Yemen. We provide the first record from Israel.

Remarks. The examined specimens have male genitalia consistent with the original description of the species and the figures provided by Clastrier et al. (1961). However, their wings have a clearly visible vein M2 (but broadly interrupted in basal portion), and the membrane appears to be completely devoid of macrotrichia.